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LeVar's Stocking Fillers - Quickfire Walrus: The Un-Wrappening
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16-12-2020 01:42PM#1My Christmas Stockings have been crammed full of songs over the past few days, I was up until 7am listening and just having a final listen to everything and making any last minute adjustments, but will be ready to kick off the reveal circa. 18.30 this evening
Welcome to the Un-Wrappening...
A Reminder of The Categories:
1. Bah Humbug
I'm sick of all the festive cheer and uplifting cheesy xmas music, so I don't want any xmas songs in my stocking this year... instead give me something that is the complete opposite, something moody, something dark, something depressing, and/or something angsty, etc. because those things are more likely to bring me happiness
2. The Selection Box
Selection Boxes are the best part of the holiday season, so I want a category that will hopefully be a complete mish-mash of genres and styles, so I'm gonna give you 5 subcategories for this one, all you have to do is pick the category you find most appealing and send me a song that fits it (to be clear, I'm only looking for 1 song here total)
Pick One of the Following:
(i)No Country For Old Men ; any Country song released in the last 10 years
(ii)Special K ; any song from a K-Pop band
(iii)The Laughter Lounge ; any parody or comedy song
(iv)From a Land Down Under ; any song from an Australian or New Zealand artist
(v)The Chocolate Bite ; any song with "Chocolate" in the song title
3. All I Want for Christmas is... CHOONS
Looking for something upbeat and energetic, that you get excited about when it randomly comes on in the club/on the radio, possibly leads to you breaking out the air-guitar, or potentially up throwing shapes on the dancefloor if that's the sort of thing you're in to - can be from any genre, about anything (doesn't have to be a xmas song, preferably it wouldn't be, but you can if you want). It's essentially a wildcard category, but something with a bit of umph to it.
and a Reminder of The Victims Contestants:
Necro
the purple tin
ShaneU
JP Liz V1
Sawduck
Green&Red
Kolido
Trigger
mustang shelly
Zaph
Irish Aris
Electric Nitwit
Rikand
Sephiroth_dude
osh
Arghus
JohnGreenFan
Reberetta
Hello 2D Person Below
phatkev
Homer J. Fong
khalessi8
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To whet the appetite, here are the songs I would have personally picked for each category/sub-category...
Bah Humbug
The Pretty Reckless - Make Me Wanna Die
No Country For Old Men
The Band Perry - Better Dig Two
Special K
EVERGLOW - DUN DUN
The Laughter Lounge
The Axis of Awesome - Rage of Thrones
From a Land Down Under
The Veronicas - Biting My Tongue
The Chocolate Bite
BABYMETAL - Gimme Chocolate!!
All I Want for Christmas is... CHOONS
HAIM - Forever
I actually listened to these as a pallet cleanser in between judging each Round...0 -
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So what you're saying is if you didn't pick songs with female vocalists you lose :pac:
I actually hadn't noticed that until after I'd picked those 7. 'Twas but a happy coincidence. If you want to read too much into it and psych yourself out of it before the reveal even starts though, I'm good with that...
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I very much approve of the swearing in thatAlso Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »The Laughter Lounge
The Axis of Awesome - Rage of Thrones
I often think joke songs lose their steam after about 30s but that was good!0 -
I love LeVar reveals, he doesn't hold back. Looking forward to this
Overall the standard was pretty damn high this time around, and I liked just about everything (the worst I could say about anything was 'meh' or 'just not for me'), and no one was stupid enough to submit Creedance Clearwater Revival again, so no big rants or anything, but still plenty of controversial decisions (as per usual when it comes to me) that will still have people throwing their toys out of the pram I imagine.
As an FYI to everyone, because of the quick turnaround on this, the notes will be pretty rough, likely contradictory, and full of errors... just how I like it...
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I knew of Babymetal but I'm not sure if I'd ever listened to them before. What in the name of ****?Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »
I mean, it's exactly what I was expecting but it still caught me off guard!
LeVar, I was thinking, what if I offer to add my score in this to your score in the advent calendar 0 -
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Electric Nitwit wrote: »I knew of Babymetal but I'm not sure if I'd ever listened to them before. What in the name of ****?
LeVar, I was thinking, what if I offer to add my score in this to your score in the advent calendar
Sure, if you want, it probably won't help you at all as I'm not gonna change where your songs ended up, but I'll take a couple of extra points for free... :pac:
I'll still end up with the Wooden Spoon in Advent Calendar, even with free points being handed out...0 -
To be fair, you're 15pts off the next place, my points wouldn't make a dent in thatAlso Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »Sure, if you want, it probably won't help you at all as I'm not gonna change where your songs ended up, but I'll take a couple of extra points for free... :pac:
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Will be starting with Bah Humbug, but as I'll probably forget during the chaos between rounds as I rush to tie up any loose ends, here are some stats from my Selection Box...
There were 21 songs (one song got submitted by 2 people) in the Selection Box.
-1 song was an Aussie/Comedy hybrid
-1 song was a Choccie/Comedy hybrid
-1 other song was just pure Chocolate
-3 other songs were also Comedy based
-5 songs were 21st Century Country
-7 more Aussie acts joined in the fun
-2 Kiwi acts entered the fray
-and 1 South Korean Girl Group for good measure
Now get the popcorn out because we're getting un-Christmassy in the very next post as Bah Humbug gets underway...
And I'll be working me way out from the middle songs towards the tops and bottoms (standard Walrus stuff)...
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Sorry, got confused over which number I had to kick off with, but I got it now, I hope...
Let's Go!
In 12th place with 11 points isDeleted User
Penderecki - Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima
Well this was absolutely chilling, but also f**king fantastic, a really cool eeriness to it, really intersting piece of music, and I absolutely loved it. Feels like the score to a horror film and that's right up my alley. Excellent choice altogether. There were songs I enjoyed overall just that little bit more, but in terms of giving me the opposite of Christmas which I asked for, this is spot on.0 -
I nearly submitted this for Necro's Halloween oneAlso Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »Sorry, got confused over which number I had to kick off with, but I got it now, I hope...
Let's Go!
In 12th place with 11 points isDeleted User
Penderecki - Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima 0 -
I'm nearly sure that this piece was in Twin Peaks The return.Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »Sorry, got confused over which number I had to kick off with, but I got it now, I hope...
Let's Go!
In 12th place with 11 points isDeleted User
Penderecki - Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima
Well this was absolutely chilling, but also f**king fantastic, a really cool eeriness to it, really intersting piece of music, and I absolutely loved it. Feels like the score to a horror film and that's right up my alley. Excellent choice altogether. There were songs I enjoyed overall just that little bit more, but in terms of giving me the opposite of Christmas which I asked for, this is spot on.
Part 8. One of the best bits of telly ever made.0 -
In 11th place with 12 points isDeleted User
Martha Wainwright - Bloody Mother F**king Assh*le
First listen through I was a bit indifferent to this, was the last song I had listened to for this round, and the standard was so high, this initally felt a bit meh, but on repeated listens it definitely grew on me. I had heard some Martha Wainwright before, really like her voice, and it lends itself really well to a song like this.0 -
In 13th place with 10 points isRikand
Manic Street Preachers - Archives of Pain
I've always enjoyed the Manic Street Preachers whenever I've listened to them, but I've never dove too deeply into their discography and only know a few of the big hits, so hadn't heard this one before. It has definitely spurred me to explore their entire catalogue at some point because I really enjoyed this. There was a couple of songs in the middle of the pack here that were really hard to separate as the standard was pretty high across the board, so this is still a very good position.0 -
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In 10th place with 13 points isosh
Slint - Don, Aman
Got in to this instantly, was on board when I thought it was just six and a half minutes of the same few chords and very samey but enjoyable vocal, and then it kicks it up a gear and I liked it even more. Definitely an eeriness to it that I really like, might slip off for a few minutes during family gatherings over the next few weeks and have a listen to this song for a few minutes when I need to cheer myself up a bit, after the merriment and good cheer depresses me.0 -
In 14th place with 9 points iskhalessi
The Smiths - Girlfriend In a Coma
I only really know a handful of The Smiths songs, so this was a new one for me. Really liked it, Morrissey really has a fantastic voice, the song has a really nice melody, and especially liked the drumline. The somewhat uptempo melody contrasting the dark tone of the lyrics is great. Bit on the short side, but that works well for this one actually… short and sweet.0 -
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In 9th place with 14 points isTrigger
Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Ends
Was a big Green Day fan back in the day, kind of lost interest in them by the time I had moved on to college, but the American Idiot album came out just as I was starting sixth year, and it definitely had many a spin on the auld discman on the bus ride in to school that final year. Wake Me Up When September Ends was never really one that I revisited much in recent years and I do occasionally throw on a bit of Green Day, but definitely have a renewed interest in it after having a few listens to it for the ranking purposes.0
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